Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Matthew Leimkuehler is a music journalist from Nashville, Tennessee. When someone steps on stage to play country music, the first ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Back in March, Fender announced Tele Town, a star-studded concert at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville celebrating the 75th ...

This year Fender is celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Telecaster, and Nashville was chosen to host the Tele Town birthday party. I arrive in Nashville from Perth after three flights and around ...

On the stage of the Ryman Auditorium, country music’s ‘mother church’, the legends of Nashville and beyond are coming thick and fast, either in person or spirit. This is Tele Town, a one-off, all-star ...

Quiffed, middle-aged and a bit portly, Gatton was an unlikely magazine cover star - or ’80s guitar hero. This, you may recall, was still the era of stick-thin shredders with pointy guitars and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Fender Telecaster. Fender/Contributed When someone steps on stage to play country music, the first notes often come from a ...

Back in March, Fender announced Tele Town, a star-studded concert at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Telecaster. The vision of the show, which took place ...